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This book centers on the idea that some verbs and other argument structure constructions have an inherently different propensity to realize lexically unfamiliar arguments, independently of lexical semantic meaning. This notion is explored both qualitatively using selected examples, and quantitatively using large amounts of corpus data, in both cases primarily from English and German.

Traveling to thousand-year-old olive groves, besieged villages, refugee camps, checkpoints, and barracks, Michael Riordon talks with people on both sides of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict who fight violence and war through creative resistance. The region remains a symbol of instability fueled by violence and hatred, and this investigation enters into the heart of the dispute and offers a different perspective. The author uncovers the crises that stirred them to act, the risks they face in working for peace, and the small victories that sustain them. These stories of Israelis who refuse to se

HauptbeschreibungDiskursanalysen und Gouvernementalitätsstudien werden in den Sozialwissenschaften viel und breit diskutiert, stehen aber trotz ihrer gemeinsamen Referenz auf das Werk Michel Foucaults weitgehend unverbunden nebeneinander. Die Autorinnen und Autoren dieses Bandes erkunden gemeinsame Forschungsfelder, diskutieren die theoretische, methodische und politische Anschlussfähigkeit beider Perspektiven und zeigen auf, wie fruchtbar ein Austausch zwischen Diskursund Gouvernementalitätsforschung sein kann.€Biographische InformationenJohannes Angermüller ist Juniorprofessor für Sozio

Introduction -- The military as a learning organization -- Perspectives on military learning -- A model of strategic innovation -- The history of media operations -- Disastrous public affairs : Vietnam -- Restrictive public affairs : Grenada, Panama, and the Persian Gulf -- Experimental public affairs : Somalia, the Balkans, and Afghanistan -- A case study of strategic innovation -- Retrieving past experiences? -- Strategic public affairs : Iraq -- Discussion and outlook -- The friendly learning loop -- The adversarial learning loop.

By understanding listening processes in philanthropy and social impact investments as a critical aspect of building a trustworthy philanthropic practice, this paper offers a qualitative review of how foundations and funders in Europe and Brazil listen. To comprehend and to be able to qualify and classify their listening practices, the interview script for this paper built upon the work of the "high-quality feedback loop" organisations that advocate for better listening practices in philanthropy and aid. Thirty interviews offered insights into why organisations listen, the biggest challenges in the process, different project phases where listening occurs, who is listened to, listening methods, space for feedback, reporting back processes, power imbalances and levels of participation.